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I agree with the adage that suggests “luck is where hard work meets opportunity.”

It was coined by a first-century Roman philosopher named Seneca, but I always attribute it to former Blackhawk Richie Preston. It’s more colorful that way and it’s a way to keep the name of one of the hardest-working Hawks ever alive.

These Hawks are hard workers. They dutifully have taken their lunch pails to work and have prevailed in back-to-back multiple-overtime playoff games. Bravo.

It’s accurate, however, to suggest the Blackhawks are lucky to be up a game in their Stanley Cup Final against Boston.

As much as anything, the Bruins refused to win it. They had odd-man breaks. They had two power play chances in extra sessions, both courtesy of too many men on the ice violations.